Financial Times writes that the Chinese container called "Hen Yan 9", which belongs to Guangxi Shanghai Shipping Company and traded under the Panama flag, entered the Anexian Crimean port of Crimea. This is unprecedented, because so far Chinese ships avoiding those ports.
According to the Office of the President of Ukraine, the ship stopped in June and August in Sevastopol, and in September the satellite photos reaffirmed his presence in the port. Journalists note that the ship's crew has repeatedly reported false data through transpants to hide its location.
These cases coincide with the launch of the new cargo transportation to Russia, with which the goods from the occupied Ukrainian territories are transported to the ports of Crimea for further exports.
In Beijing, the Ukrainian embassy filed a complaint to China in June. The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded that it is advisable to avoid occupied territories, but every case will be discussed separately.
In 2014, Western countries set sanctions on Crimean ports. China has not joined them, but so far its ships were avoiding such visits.
